The album, IDINA, is about her: an aspirational & authentic album about Idina's life. The music is a reflection of her story, lyrically about love & relationships as well as being on your own & making your own path. It's a very empowering body of work, produced by Eric Rosse (Tori Amos, Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5) & plus collaborations with Greg Wells (Adele, Pink).

The album, IDINA, is about her: an aspirational & authentic album about Idina's life. The music is a reflection of her story, lyrically about love & relationships as well as being on your own & making your own path. It's a very empowering body of work, produced by Eric Rosse (Tori Amos, Sara Bareilles, Maroon 5) & plus collaborations with Greg Wells (Adele, Pink).

The album, produced by Walter Afansieff, who co-produced Barbra Streisand's latest hit album (and several others in the past) and many of Celine Dion and Mariah Carey's 1990's hits, features a nice mix of secular holiday songs, a couple of religious ones, and a few covers of songs that aren't necessarily holiday-themed but fit in nicely. The arrangements are quite good in general. A few, as is typical of anything Afansieff is involved with, can get overly produced and saccharine, but Idina's amazing iconic voice is fortunately never fighting to be heard over them. (A testament not only to her talent, but also the sound mixers on this CD, who didn't allow her to be drowned out by the production.) Arrangements range from contemporary pop ballad styles such as "The Christmas Song" that would feel at home on Celine Dion's Christmas album from 1998 to more classic and timeless arrangements such as "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and "December Prayer," the album's sole original, co-written by Idina.

The official description of Idina Menzel's HOLIDAY WISHES is as follows: "Tony Award-winning singer/actor Idina Menzel will release a Christmas album, entitled Holiday Wishes, on October 14th on Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award-winner Walter Afanasieff (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey) and features such classic favorites as "A Holly Jolly Christmas" and "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," as well as Joni Mitchell's Christmas-themed "River," one of Menzel's favorites. More info aboutHoliday Wishes, including the full track-listing and special guests, will be revealed soon."

Christophe Beck has been hired to score Walt Disney Animation Studios’ upcoming feature Frozen. The film directed by Chris Buck (Tarzan, Surf’s Up) & Jennifer Lee (screenwriter of Wreck-It-Ralph) takes place in a kingdom trapped in eternal winter and follows a young female dreamer who must team up with a daring mountain man, on a journey to find the Snow Queen and put an end to the icy spell. The movie’s voice cast includes Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad.

Placido Domingo's forays into lighter music are always satisfying, thanks to his genuine enthusiasm and charismatic presentation, along with the ever-handsome voice. Often it’s also because of his choice of duet partners from the international-pop-music world, with fresh sounds and phrasing that spark his musical interest, or instrumentalists that offer him a new palette of supporting timbres to play with. For his newest Christmas recital, Domingo presents a mixture of well-known carols and classic songs along with some rarities and a new composition by Plácido Domingo, Jr., who also lends his voice to a duet of “White Christmas.”